Iran’s Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 37 others in one of the country’s most unstable provinces. The attack, which killed the...

An Iranian proposal prohibiting military attacks against nuclear installations worldwide has been approved by the UN nuclear watchdog’s general conference, an Iranian official says. “Iran’s proposal … has been approved in the...

n Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades — 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of graduate students are enrolled in medicine. Yet legally, women cannot travel freely without the...

A suicide bomber lightly wounded a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia’s anti-terrorism campaign when he blew himself up just before going into a gathering of well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency...

A Tupolev passenger aircraft crashed in northwestern Iran on Wednesday and 168 people on board were killed, Iranian media reported. The Caspian Airlines aircraft was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew, Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for Iran’s...

British authorities were awaiting a response from Iran today after condemning the arrests of nine embassy staff in Tehran. Although “several” of the employees have since been released, some remain in custody, according to the Foreign and...

I’ve always been dubious about Barack Obama’s offer to negotiate with Iran — not because I didn’t believe that it was the right strategy, but because I didn’t believe we had enough leverage to succeed. And negotiating in the Middle East...

It irks me that I even have to say this: Being a Muslim woman is a joyful thing....Blessings abound for me as a Muslim woman: The freshness of ablution is mine, and the daily meditation zone of five prayers that involve graceful, yoga-like movements,...

Iran has announced plans for a new car designed specially for women.Its features will include automatic transmission, parking and navigation aids and a jack for changing tyres without getting grease on your chador. Iran’s biggest car producer, Iran...

Britain’s exit strategy from Iraq was said to be in tatters yesterday after it emerged that British troops are back on the streets of Basra. Around 150 British soldiers are now ‘embedded’ with Iraqi army units attempting to re-take...